Author: Daniel Barenboim

Quotes

Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.

Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.

- Daniel Barenboim

Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.

Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.

- Daniel Barenboim

I'm one of the ones who believed the Iraq War was a complete mistake from the very beginning.

I'm one of the ones who believed the Iraq War was a complete mistake from the very beginning.

- Daniel Barenboim

Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.

Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.

- Daniel Barenboim

The problem with listening to music today is that there's so much of it everywhere. We've got used to hearing music without actually listening to it.

The problem with listening to music today is that there's so much of it everywhere. We've got used to hearing music without actually listening to it.

- Daniel Barenboim

Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.

Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.

- Daniel Barenboim

Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.

Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.

- Daniel Barenboim

For many people, music is here to let them forget the daily chores of life.

For many people, music is here to let them forget the daily chores of life.

- Daniel Barenboim

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

- Daniel Barenboim

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